<p>I don’t believe in mental illness unless it can be proven that there is a genetic disposition for someone to act that way. It’s an easy out, a way to blame something else. People are a direct result of some combination of their environment and their genetics.</p>
<p>By blaming it on mental illnesses, if there are really no genetic reasons for it, I think you’d simply be convincing your son that there’s one more thing wrong with him, one more reason why he shouldn’t act as he should.</p>